finally got my free starbucks at like 19:00 but it was an all day offer so better late than never!

today we took what was about a 4" stack of cash money and counted it out onto a desk that looked like it had recently been in a box and is now in an prefab office building on a used car lot right off the highway in a small town about 45 mins east of here. maybe a 5" stack. we got the money kinda quick and it was not all large bills, so the stack was a bit on the thick side. but we counted it out into piles which the salesman then collected without recounting any of it which was sort of a nice touch because he did just watch me count it so would have been a bit dooshie to count it again right there. and then we signed some papers and shook some hands and collected the one key [lame-oh!] that went with the vehicle and drove away the proud owners of a 2007 nissan frontier crew cab. yeah, baby! it is a sweet truck. my old man's a bit wonky over the amount of money but we got a good deal really and he will be okay with it. he now has the entire package - truck, trailer, mower, weedeater, pushmower - to do a bit of mowing this summer. it will keep him busy, keep him outside, allow him to earn some pocket change for golfing. and he won't have to deal with the guy he was cutting with last year who we will simply say is a difficult sort and leave it at that.

two of my favorite things about the truck are - now i can take my bicycle places without taking it apart first and there are 4 doors which makes for easy access for beavis & regina. here's a pic of the type of truck to tide you over until i can take a pic of the whole outfit - truck, trailer, and mowing gear.



ours is this same color - silver - only ours has some pinstripes. our wheels are not all schmancy like these and the tires are new but not white letter. a neat thing you cannot see in this pic is the bed extender. the bed is relatively short b/c the cab is long, so there's a sort of bar-cage thing in the back where you can leave the tail down and extend the bed. like this --



you can also use the bed extender with the tail up - like, to anchor your bike or whatever. or you can remove it altogether if you wanted. it's cool like swimming at the pool after school.